Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51901
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2005:940
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2005:940. cURL[1] is a client to get/put files from/to servers, using any of the supported protocols. This announcement fixes a remote buffer overflow vulnerability[2] in cURL that could allow a malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via base64 encoded replies that exceed the intended buffer lengths when decoded, which is not properly handled by the Curl_input_ntlm function in http_ntlm.c during NTLM authentication or the Curl_krb_kauth and krb4_auth functions in krb4.c during Kerberos authentication. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://curl.haxx.se/ http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2005:940 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000940 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 5.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0490 BugTraq ID: 12615 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12615 BugTraq ID: 12616 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12616 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:940 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000940 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110959085507755&w=2 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-20.xml http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=203&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=202&type=vulnerabilities http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:048 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10273 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-340.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:011 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_11_curl.html XForce ISS Database: curl-kerberos-bo(19423) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19423
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